According to news on February 13, Chainalysis released its latest report showing that the amount of cryptocurrency funds flowing into suspected human trafficking networks will surge by 85% in 2025, totaling hundreds of millions of dollars, mainly concentrated in Southeast Asia. The services involved include fraud dens, online casinos, and Chinese money laundering networks that have been active in recent years.
The report pointed out that these cryptocurrency transactions mainly support international escort services, prostitution networks, kidnapping labor agencies, and providers of child sexual abuse materials, with stablecoins being the most prevalent use in escort and prostitution services. Chainalysis emphasized that despite a significant rise in inflows, blockchain’s transparency provides law enforcement with an unprecedented investigative advantage. By analyzing identifiable transaction patterns and wallet clusters, regulators are able to track the flow of funds and combat illicit networks.
Chainalysis suggests that compliance teams and enforcement should focus on large periodic payments to labor dispatch agencies, wallet clusters involving multiple illegal service categories, and regular exchange activities for stablecoins. The company added that blockchain analysis played a key role in German law enforcement agencies’ successful dismantling of child sexual exploitation platforms last year.
The report emphasizes that unlike traditional cash transactions, the traceability of blockchain transactions not only reveals the flow of funds through human trafficking networks but also potentially deters future criminal activities. Chainalysis calls on global regulators and law enforcement teams to strengthen crypto payment monitoring to reduce the risk of human trafficking and related crimes.
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